Set in a dystopian landscape, SCALES is the story of a young strong-willed girl Read More »
Tag Archives: Arabic
I Am Free AKA Ana hurra (1958) Salah Abouseif, Lobna Abdel Aziz, Shukri Sarhan, Zouzou Nabil
Aminia is a young woman living with her aunt’s family which includes Read More »
The Bus Driver AKA Sawwaq el-Utubis (1982) Atef El-Tayeb, Sharif Abdulhamid, Aaliyah Abdulmoneim, Nimat Abdulnaser
Hassan is a bus driver and the only male sibling of five sisters Read More »
A Man in Our House AKA Fi baitina rajul (1961) Henry Barakat, Rushdy Abaza, Mokhtar Al Sayed, Aziza Badr
Rebel Ibrahim Hamdy succeed in the assassination of Prime Minister collaborators with colonialism Read More »
A Woman’s Youth AKA Shabab emraa (1956) Salah Abouseif, Ahmad El-Sabawi, Tahiyyah Karyuka, Shukri Sarhan, Shadia
A young man from the country arrives in Cairo to finish his education. Read More »
The Gate of Sun AKA Bab el shams (2004) Yusri Nasrullah, Hiam Abbass, Fadi Abi Samra, Hussein Abou Seada
In the beginning was Palestine, and the story of Younes (Orwa Nyrabia) began Read More »
Oh, Sun AKA Soleil Ô (1967) Med Hondo, Robert Liensol, Théo Légitimus, Gabriel Glissant
A native of Mauritania is delighted when he is chosen to work in Paris. Read More »
Phantom Beirut AKA Ashbah Beyrouth (1998) Ghassan Salhab, Aouni Kawas, Darina Al Joundi, Rabih Mroue
Late in the 1980s it seems like the Lebanese conflict will never end. Read More »
The Aquarium AKA Genainat el-Asmak (2008) Yusri Nasrullah, Hind Sabri, Amr Waked, Gamil Ratib
A 48-hour journey into Modern Cairo following the parallel lives of Youssef and Leila. Read More »
The Night AKA Al-lail (1992) Mohamed Malas, Nezar Abohajar, Sabah Al Jazaery, Fares Al-Helou
The Night is set in the village of Quneytra, which borders on the Golan Read More »
The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived AKA Saat el Tahrir Dakkat, Barra ya Isti Mar (1974) Heiny Srour
This film is the one and only testimony shot in the depths of the former Read More »
About Baghdad (2004) Sinan Antoon, Bassam Haddad, Maya Mikdashi
About Baghdad is the first film made about Iraq after the fall of the Ba’ath regime in July 2003. Read More »
Casablanca Beats AKA Haut et fort (2021) Nabil Ayouch, Anas Basbousi, Ismail Adouab, Zineb Boujemaa
Anas, a former rapper, is employed in a cultural centre. Read More »
Freedom Fields (2018) Naziha Arebi
An intimate look at post-revolution Libya through the eyes of an aspiring all-female soccer team Read More »
Return to the Land of Wonders (2004) Maysoon Pachachi
Not long after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, filmmaker Maysoon Pachachi returns to her home city of Baghdad after 35 years. Read More »